Follow POL on Twitter As an excellent WSJ op-ed by Orin Kerr notes, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act has been interpreted ridiculously broadly by the Department of Justice to cover all sorts of relatively harmless computer activity that has nothing to do with the hacking it was originally aimed at—and the Obama administration wants to encourage further overcriminalization by making even these minor violations felonies.
Kerr on Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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